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Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions

By AMANDA SEITZ, ANDREW DEMILLO and KEVIN FREKING
Feb 18, 2025 9:12 am - Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.
Endeavor Health names new president of Northwest Community Hospital

Daily Herald report
Feb 17, 2025 11:50 am - Endeavor Health has named David Rahija of Mount Prospect as the next president of Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
Illinois health officials taking bird flu precautions despite assessing no ‘active risk’ to humans

By JADE AUBREY
Feb 17, 2025 11:39 am - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of an outbreak of the bird flu in humans is low, although Illinois’ health department is preparing for t...
Elk Grove hospital hosts trials on potential new Alzheimer’s treatments

By Christopher Placek
Feb 15, 2025 1:00 pm - Researchers at Ascension Alexian Brothers hospital in Elk Grove Village are studying potential new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, including a drug called remternetug that can be self-administered at home.
Elk Grove Village bans sale of kratom, citing health risks

By Christopher Placek
Feb 14, 2025 8:15 pm - Elk Grove Village has banned the sale of kratom, an herbal product with stimulant-like effects. It joins other municipalities in prohibiting kratom sales amid safety concerns from the FDA.
HeartcoR Solutions names industry veteran Ciaran Cooper as new CEO

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Feb 13, 2025 10:39 pm - HeartcoR Solutions, a leading ECG core lab that conducts cardiac safety studies for the pharmaceutical, medical device, and CRO industries, recently hired Ciaran Cooper a...
Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty

By JOSH BOAK
Feb 13, 2025 1:47 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly triggering a broader economic confrontation with allies and rivals alike as he hopes to eliminate any trade imbalances.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote

By AMANDA SEITZ
Feb 13, 2025 10:38 am - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.
This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

By The Associated Press
Feb 13, 2025 7:08 am - A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — se...
Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York City due to avian flu outbreak

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Feb 07, 2025 1:49 pm - All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms nationwide, led to the slaughter of millions of birds and driven up egg prices.

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